Just came across this interview of Epstein regarding his interest in Bitcoin circa 2017. What's most interesting is that it seems Epstein may have been heavily influenced by Peter Thiel around the time he gave the interview.

Since forming an eponymous foundation in 2000, Epstein has found a role as science philanthropist, sharing his resources to beneficial, unlikely ends. His money has funded research related to quantum computing, genetics, artificial intelligence, and beyond. As a result, the 64-year-old tycoon holds court with A-list names from the academic community, like theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, cosmologist and author Lawrence Krauss, or MIT’s quantum computing pioneer, Seth Lloyd.

In addition to Peter Thiel's obsession with genetic manipulation, the second Trump administration's focus on AI and cryptocurrency, has been steered by Thiel's former protégé and Trump's current Science Advisor, Michael Kratsios.

Although Elon Musk/DOGE has served as the scapegoat for much of this policy, Keratosis was originally brought into the White House by Thiel during Trump's first administration to serve as CTO. Musk seemed to step back from his role in Trump's second administration almost immediately after Kratsios received Senate confirmation. Much of the work DOGE accomplished under Musk, can actually be traced back to several interviews given by Kratsios as early as 2018.

Recently, Kratsios also announced that Trump OSTP will be rolling out a plan focused on quantum computing.

What does all this have to do with Epstein? On September 10th, U.S. Secretary treasurer Scott Bessent, was questioned by Senate Democrats asking why he refused to investigate JP Morgan's bank records of transactions between Peter Thiel and Epstein.

On the same day, democrats in both the House and Senate tried to subpoena those records but were blocked by Republicans.

Last week, Peter Thiel received preliminary approval for the first U.S. Cryptobank and yesterday JP Morgan announced they would begin to allow Bitcoin and Ether as collateral.

I can't help but wonder what exactly those JP Morgan records of transactions between Thiel and Epstein might contain.

Given JP Morgan "officially" stopped doing business with Epstein around 2013, I also can't help but wonder if an exchange of cash for cryptocurrency between Epstein and another wealthy client of JP Morgan, may have offered a way for the bank and Epstein to continue to conduct business without public scrutiny.